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Framing The Future: Imagining The City Through The Lens Of Film, Sofia Zavala Ferreira
Framing The Future: Imagining The City Through The Lens Of Film, Sofia Zavala Ferreira
Architecture Senior Theses
With a great interest in the relationship between film and architecture, this project establishes its subject matter on the possibilities presented in science fiction cinema and speculative design. By extracting attributes from these that would influence design and architectural concerns, a bridge between the disconnected imagined and real, current and future, can be created through the creation of a speculative scenario and a narrative.
It seeks to utilize cinematic design and storytelling conventions to successfully convey the desired atmosphere, architectural realities, and life conditions of a fictional city. By utilizing advanced digital techniques often used in cinema itself, including but …
Newark Noir: A Study Of Film And Architecture, Tom Mcinerney
Newark Noir: A Study Of Film And Architecture, Tom Mcinerney
Architecture Senior Theses
"Through the investigation of the filmic narrative and the semantics of the visual style inherent in film noir, I intend to establish a precedent that can be used to construct an architectural product in Newark that serves to investigate the city's past, present, and anticipate the future."